Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 386

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Hayden had just cracked open a water bottle and taken a sip when the OR doors flew open. Retta rushed out, looking serious. "Who's the patient's family?" She was assisting Nate in the surgery today.

"I am!" Hayden jumped to his feet so fast he almost lost his balance.

I caught his arm and walked with him toward Retta. "What's happening?"

"There was major bleeding during the surgery. You need to prepare yourselves." She handed him a consent form.

Her words hit like a truck, freezing us both.

"How bad is it? What's happening now?" Lena, still in her scrubs, walked up, right on time. She wasn't even supposed to be here, but had to fill in last minute. "We're doing blood transfusions and trying to find the source of the bleeding," Retta explained, passing another form to Hayden.

He didn't move, his hands frozen with fear.

I had no clue what to do, so I glanced at Lena.

She shot me a look, silently telling me to grab the form.

He looked at Retta. "Is there

we can. Please, sign quickly-we don't have

hoping it would help. He glanced at me for a second, then

for both of us as

a quick nod and hurried back into

turned to us. "Don't panic. It's just

couldn't sit still. He just kept pacing, so

by. Finally, the light above the OR

felt

stayed with us the whole time, still in her scrubs,

at the door like it held our entire world

opened, and Nate and Retta walked out, still in their

looked like heroes stepping into the light, and all

rushed over.

surgery was a success. But his eyes flicked behind us-toward

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condition to notice. "When can my sister come

at Retta. She took the

shining as she looked at Nate. "Thanks for all your hard work,

words, but the way she said them